The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A prime brokerage A prime brokerage is a group of services offered to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) or hedge funds. These are called private placements, and most of the time, the shares are sold to investment banks or hedge funds.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 27, 2023

She is an author and former hedge fund trader, specializing in distressed assets. Her book, “Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds”, is really a fascinating read. It’s very witty and charming, and revealing about an industry in a way that most books on hedge funds simply are not.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

So that was a while back, but nonetheless, I don’t know if it was love at first sight, but we got to get along pretty well, and after a few years working for investment banks, he then joined Goldman Sachs. I joined, effectively, Deutsche Bank. We decided to try to have a go on our own. We were 28, 30 respectively.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I was actually running the Investment Banking Club at BYU, and you know, thought I was interested in that, interested in going to Wall Street. And that comes from having our capital invested alongside theirs, and having very strict requirements for performance before we get paid performance fees.

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